Spatial trends and associated biological responses of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants in hatchlings of North Atlantic kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1648-1656

  Murvoll, Kari Mette ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b,c   Moe, Børge ^a   Anderssen, Endre ^a   Jenssen, Bjorn Munro ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biomarkers; Birds; Persistent organic pollutants; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; VITAMINS;

ARCTIC; BIRDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

BIOMARKER; BROMINE COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHICK; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEABIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; ANIMAL; BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; KONGSFJORDEN; MORE OG ROMSDAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUNDE; SCANDINAVIA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33746483454     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-337R.1     Document Type: Article

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